On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Mike Long wrote:
: >Beta test software shouldn't be in the package system. Only stable
: >stuff should be packaged. Anybody that wants to play with beta test
: >stuff should be able to compile it for themselves.
:
: True, but there are exceptions. Procmail 3.11 has been in beta
: (3.11pre4) for (IIRC) a couple of years now.
However, things like Apache and Lynx (the latter of which has been irking me
for a while) shouldn't be beta in the pkg system, *unless* you have the
availability of both a release pkg and a "-beta" or "-current" vrsion of the
pkg.
My $0.02.
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